{"product_id":"9781473666740","title":"The Boy on the Shed:A remarkable sporting memoir with a foreword by Alan Shearer : Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Ferris, Paul, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 24\/01\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Hodder Paperback,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton General Division,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Northern Ireland, Autobiography: sport, Memoirs, Football\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781473666740\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Boy on the Shed is a story of love and fate. At 16, Paul Ferris becomes Newcastle United's youngest-ever first-teamer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike many a tricky winger from Northern Ireland, he is hailed as 'the new George Best'. As a player and later a physio and member of the Magpies' managerial team, Paul's career acquaints him not only with Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish and Bobby Robson, Ruud Gullit, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer but also with injury, insecurity and disappointment. Yet this autobiography is more than a tale of the vagaries of sporting fortune.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt begins during 'The Troubles' in a working-class Catholic family in the Protestant town of Lisburn, near Belfast. After a childhood scarred by his mother's illness and sectarian hatred, Paul meets the love of his life, his future wife Geraldine. Talented and carefree on the pitch, shy and anxious off it, he earns a tilt at stardom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis first spell at Newcastle turns sour, as does his return as a physio, although obtaining a Masters degree shows him what he could achieve away from football. When Paul qualifies as a barrister, a career in Law beckons. Instead, a craving to prove himself in the game draws him back to St James' Park as part of Shearer's management triumvirate - with unfortunate consequences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten with brutal candour, dark humour and consummate style, The Boy on the Shed is a riveting and moving account of a life less ordinary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Times Sports Book of the Year \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTelegraph Football Book of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022609907865,"sku":"9781473666740","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781473666740.jpg?v=1602537209","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781473666740","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}